#spite

Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material. ↗

— John Linder

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Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#biodiversity #change #climate #climate change #dependence

Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system. ↗

— Richard Lugar

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Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it. ↗

— Agnes Macphail

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Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-on-demand and DVD and streaming video and all of these things. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

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Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. ↗

— Don Marquis

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Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them. ↗

— Jose Marti

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Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear. ↗

— Susana Martinez

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I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

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I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

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